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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Gov. Church StafT In Detail.

Gov. Church has appointed his staff with
the exception OF aides-de-camp, who will
soon be named. The following are those
announced, with their.ranks:
Chief OF supply, James Ringrose, Aber.
decn brigadiec general; conmissary ofsup.
ply, John H. Jackson, Columbia, major;
inspector general, jeremiah f.. Elson,
Huron, colonel; Judge advocate general,
William s. Steele, Dcadwood, colonel; chief
OF ordnance. James Mccarthy, Fargo, col.
onel; assistant ordnance officer, Joseph
Hare, Bismarck, ma jor; chief of engineer.
William II. Brown, Grand Forks, col ancl; as.
sistant engineer, f. S. Corwin, Steele, ma.
Jor; medical department, surgeon general,
George c. Huff. NJ. d., Huron, colonel; medi.
cal purveyor, +. n Faulk, NJ. D., Caledonia,
lieutenant colonel.
Colonies William A. Bentley, OF the First
regiment, and NJ. w. Sheafe, OF the Second
regiment, will continue in their respective
commands. Maj J. NJ. Adams, Second resi-
ment OF Mitchell, is promoted to lieutenant
colonel OF the Second, vice Lieut.. COL Elson,
promoted to colonel and inspector general.
The commissions Of the abovc.named Off.
GERS, including the commissions to fill va.
cancies in the various companies, will DO
forwarded at an early date. The question
OF the location OF the next territorial mill
tia encampment will soon be under discus
sion, aud Gov. Church has made one decis.
ion which will meet the the hearty APPROX
al OF every member OF the territorial
militia. This is that hearafter no
bids for the location of the en-
campment will be entertained. Tho gov
ernor decided that the location should be
selected with respect to its desirability,
sanitary advantages and public convenien.
ces, while If bids are entertained these
items must, to a certain extent, be ignored.
Locations OF encampments in the past
have been entirely satisfactory to the peo-
pie, and it is solely with a view to avoid
embarrassment in the future that the de-
cisi0n has been made.
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CONDENSED NEWS,
Drill, Of z,....... co.p.,y D. i. w..l,.,to.

~SsA VI AAes0svsS VVWpemy " ~ WosnlnStOns
A correspondent says: No greater corwd
has yet assembled in the grand stand
than sat there ut 1870 last Saturday
morning. on the 2Sth inst, when Capt. Bean
led his company through the further gates
of the drill ground enclosure. Among them
sat Gov. McGill, Adjt. Gen. Seely, Mai.
Strait. Congressman Macdonald, Capt.
Culbersen, Senator Daniels Judge Crowell,
W. W. Price, Col. Richardson and a score
of others. The modest regulation uni.
form with the broad white stripe ut Che
legs, the immaculate regulation gloves and
tho erect bearing of the men challenged tho
admiration 81 the audience after a weeks
safety of bright and glittering trappings,
anu the regulation step in which they have
been trained caught the eye and won the
respect OF tho regular army men scattered
about the enclosure. @a -. 81.
The associated press account says:
The Minnesota men arc pf remarkable
uniformity In size, and are very so,erly
clad, their white gloves, white shoulder
knots and brasstipped helmets being
almost the only relief to tho sombcrncss
OF their uniforms. They stacked their
arms, dIed to the rear, came to the right
about again and to the front rs one man.
the CLINT OF the sunshine upon their hel.
NETS, betraying not the slightest wavering.
IN fixing and unfixing bay onets There were
two or three delinGuents, but in gcneralthcir
work ut the manual was exceedingly good,
while in firing by file, kneeling, lying Gown
and rising, they were second to none In
movements by company front and vollcy
firing they kept up their excellent record,
but they made one glaring failure. They
lost step and line in an advance at double
time. halted. and, without dressing, knelt
Tor firing sadly out OF line. With this sin
gle exception their record il almost unex.
ceptionable. The divisions OF military
judges was expected ON Monday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
DECORATING the Tomb of LOGAN.

Washington Special: The tomb OF Gen.
Logan il upon the grassy, wooded western
slopes OF the ancient and picturesque Rock
Creek cemetery. little to the cast and
south OF it lie the national cemetery, ad-
jacent to the soldiers home, where there
are thousands OF graves OF the known and
unknown dead. The road that leads to
both these places was lined all day with
old soldiers, hobbling along on canes
and crutches, with ladies bringing baskets
Overlooking with flowers, with troops OF
patriotic citizens who carried garlands
which 1hey were to place upon the graves
OF Che dead. On the wooded heights OF
Arlington, far to the south wero IL, 900 OF
the Union dead lie buried, tho same work
was done; bnt the most notable spot in all
that long floral circuit was tho tomb OF
Gen. Logan. Tho cemetery is three
miles from the city, but distance seemed
to deter no one. Hundreds went ON foot;
vehicles OF all kinds bore the rest The
tomb itself was a model OF floral beauty.
A committee OF ladies, who had worked
busily from early morning, had arranged
the vast number OF floral tributes about
the tomb SO that as tho widow approach.
ed it when the sun was going down, she
could not repress the tears of a grief that
is quenchless. The art OF the
florist has seldom been moro sue.
cesstully exhibited. The gray stone OF the
tom b was completely hidden from view by
the flags and wreaths and flowers. The
interior OF the structure had more the ap-
pearance OF q bower OF flowers than Of a
tomb. The casket has never been placed
within any OF the vaults in the tomb. It
has rested across the floor of the tomb en-.
tirely in the open space covered with the
flags OF his army corps, visible from the
roadway through tho grating. Every niche
and corner Of the tomb was filled with
flowers in all forms.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Michael Davltt Takes Big Step in Advance.

London Letter: Michael Davitt's re-
markable declaration ut Bodyke was most
unfortunate for the Parnellite party and
himself. Mr.. Davitt accused himself OF
having weakened the defense of the men of
Ireland OF their rights and their hearths
by urging them to abstain from commit
ting acts of violence and to refrain from
breaking the law. and said:
He was heartily ashamed of himself for
ever having given such advice. He had
found that he was mistaken in supposing
that the submission OF the people OF Ire
land to gross iujus tice would win for them
the sympathies Of the people OF Great
Britain, and henceforth no word of censure
would ever fall from his lips against Irish.
men who defended their homes at the risk of
life. 'Ifthe advice OIL ohm Mitchell shonld
be TAKEN" he said, ''every Irish homestead
would have been made fortress to defend
the rights OF it's occupants, and you would
have made greater progress and won great.
er privileges than by following tho same
advice OF submission"
This utterance OF q man dear to the
hearts OF every 1rishman il on every one 8
lips, and is stirring the blood of Ireland as
nothing else could. Mr.. Davitt's whole
speech comedies with the sentiments OF the
people, who, under the circumstances of
increasing eviction and impending coercion
with its attendant indignities and cruel
ties, are surcharged will, rage and ripe for
an outbreak, and the speakers defiant
challenge to the government to arrest him
for sedition will, il permitted to pass un.
noticed. intensity the effect of his speech
and greatly intensity the danger OF revolt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

Gov. Hill of New York has vetoed
two bills usually denominated "high.
license bills-the last being the "bib,
lur liquor tax BILL" This bill divided
places where liquor is sold into two
classes. first, those licensed to sell liz.
uors of any kind; second, those Ii.
censed to sell liquors or wines only.
The taxes provided were: In cities oil
more than 100000 inhabitants, first.
class $500; second-class, 100; in cities
of more than 100, 900, but not more
than 100000 tirst-class, 5000,
second-class, $50; cities OF 10000,
but not more than 100, 900, first-class
500, second-class $25; cities and vii
lagos of mort than 5000, but not
more than 10000, first-class $50, sec
ond'c'ass SIS; all places not included
under the above, first-class $50, sec,
ond-class SO. All the revenue collect,
ed from the tax were to be paid into
the state treasury and applied to the
maintenance OF prisons, reformatories
and lunatic asylums and the payment
OF the current and general expenses Of
the state government. His objections,
principally, was to the payment ofthe
taxes INTO the state treasury, instead
Of allowing towns and cities to have
the benefit thereof,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Railroad Indemnity Lands.

Washington dispatch: The letter of
Secretary Lamar to the president on the
subject OF indemnity lands seems to have
led the way to the beginning of q settled
policy in tho interior department upon
this question, and the first announcement
OF the fundamental principles was made
in decision rendered in y Southern Pa.
cific case. The secretary decided that the
road, II it desires to save it's lands, must
appear in the local land office and an
nouuce it's right upon notice of entry when
given or lose its lands. In reviewing this
case, and in refusing to reopen it. the Sec
rotary says regarding indemnity lands:
The right of the road to make selection
in indemnity limits is nothing more or less
than a preference right that they may as
sert against every one, but having notice
OF tho intention OF q settler to make final
proof on any tract OF land within said linn
it's, this land beirg within indemnity limits,
the company have no vested right by sea.
son OF withdrawal. but their right to any
particular tract can only become vested
by selection made with the approval of the
secretary. Having no vested rights by
virtue OF withdrawal, and the withdrawal
depending solely upon the will Of the secre.
tary OF the interior. that withdrawal may
be revoked at any time and the land re-
stored to entry at the will OF tho same OF.
tiotal that made 1t.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Minnesota Gets tho Second Military Prize,

On Monday, May the 3Oth inst, in Wash.
ington, all the troops remaining in The
city who were on the grounds we're drawn
up In company front, when Gen. Sheridan
mounted the stand erected for the purpose
and announced the following winners oil
infantry prizes:
Company Prises-First, Lomax Rifles,
: IS, 900; see 90 Company p First :Minne;
Texas, 81, 500; fourth, National Rides OF
Washington, $1,000; fifth San Antonio
Rifles, $500.
Battalion Prizes-First, Washington
IssISd ins'aanst1y aooo' second Louisville
Light Artillery Prizes-First, 1ndianapo.
lis Light artillery, $500; second, Milwau.
kee Light battery 81, 900.
81, 900; second, Memphis Metchants, $3.50.
Cadet Prizes-First, Michigan Military
academy, 81 900; second, Maryland Agri-
cultural colleges, $3.50.
Regimental prizes to First regiment, Vir-
ginia, the only competing organization.
Stand OF colors and silver and bronze med.
ais to the officers.
Individual drill: First. Private II. G.
Stack, San Antonio Rifles, gold medal and
Company B, Washington Light Infantry,
silver modal and SIS; third. Sergeant J.
P. Wagner. Company A. Louisville Legion,
bronze medal and $50.
In addition to the list OF prizes announced
to be awarded by the board of judges, tho
executive committee bestowed upon the
the First Light Battery OF Wisconsin gold
medal for proficiency in saber drill and a
silver medal to the Louisville legion drum,
corps for proficiency in music and move
mcnt.
A legal holiday let loose the department
people and nearly every seat on the ground
was taken, while the circle in front of the
grand stand was filled with spectators. A
bright sun shown over the la1n-like ex.
panse of the drill ground. while a brisk
breeze tempered The air to deli
cious spring GOODNESS. The pa.
rade before the stand where the prizes
were announced was q magnificent display
OF soldiery. The regimental bands played
their most inspiring tunes, while the long
lines OF differing uniforms and arms elic-
tied round after round OF applause as tho
favorite companies passed in and went
through their preliminary evolutions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Yankt0n Insane Asylum Scandal.

Special from Iankton: The investiga.
ton of the trustees OF the insane asylum
has been concluded. and Examiner Harris
and Attorney General Templeton have
gone to Bismarck to report to Gov. Church.
The iacts developed by the examination
are about as follows: At the close OF the
last fiscal year last fall the board made q
report through it's officers. which has
been taken as the starting point for the
investigation. 1t has been developed
through the examination that the trustees
took the disbursement of certain funds.
notably the fuel and improvement funds,
out OF the hands OF the steward, the legal
disbursing officer. Thus they added to
their duties as an advisory body the work
OF active managers and paymasters
for material and labor. TO render
their. operations practicable. long
sn sS o, '0o over ,s sSyeG'Ss x tas
made payable to the old secretary, Mr..
Colby. One OF the items so disbutsed by
the secretary was the sum OF over $12, 900
for coal, rs shown by the report to the
governor. Mr. Colby on the witness stand
admitted that so large an amount had not
been expended for coal. Three Thousand
and some dollars OF the sum, he said, had
been given Tor improvements. The whole
amount had been charged to the fuel
AuAAu IOI COuN euIcuCE OF some OGnef reason.
But he was sure that the money had all
gone into the asylum somewhere. lie
could not in the first instance tell exactly
what it had been spent for. Hekept men,
oranda while in office, but destroyed them
when he retired to private life as useless
impedimcnts. Later he remembered that
the money had been used for Ger.
tain improvements that he specified. But
unfortunately these imb1 ovements we've
mentioned in the official report as paid
from other funds, and appeared there as
expenditures over and above the SUN spent
for fuel. Tho steward OF the asylum, Mr.
Potter, gave the most damaging testi-
mony against the trustees. He said that
nm expenditure to the amount of over
$4,000 us per the trustees vouchers, had
been interpolated into his official report
to the governor. He did not know that
tEey were included in his report until he
saw the report in print.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

death. He was afforded an academic edu.
cation. Afterward he spent year or
more as student in the University OF
Vermont with the class Of 1912. His nat.
ural bent was in the direction OF law, and
after two or three years OF study in this
branch he began practice. He attained
distinction. in this calling, and was elected
district attorney OF Franklin county, Tor
several successive terms. He was q men,
Der OF tho New York assembly in 1850
and 1851. He was member Of the New
York senate and president pro tenn. of IT,
same in 1853 and 1859. He was q del
gate to the New York constitution conven.
ton in fSG7'6S, and was elected presi-
dent Of that body. Reserved in the Thirty
seventh. Forty first, Forty second, Forty
third and Forty fourth congresses In
1876 he was nominated for vice president
by the Republican national convention up
on the ticket, the head OF which was Ruth
erford b. Hayes. Through all the contest
which followed that memorable election
Mr.. Wheeler bore himself with dignity. Up.
on the close of his term as vice president
he retired from public life to his home at
Malone, n. Y. He has since suffered do
nestle bereavements, and passed the last
years OF his life in sorrow, loneliness and
frequent i'll health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
There were 1000 books published

There were 1000 books published
in the United States last year. Since
publishers no longer take much if any
risk in the business OF adding new
volumes to the book shelves, the ALL
thors assuming that responsibility,
. there is almost no check to the advent
OF new books. How large a proper.
ton OF the number mentioned is worth
any PERSONS attention for five seconds
OF times? Perhaps one book in TWEEN.
ty or twenty-five. Mrs. Grundy
thinks the great trouble with modern
novclists is that they don't know
when they have written enough.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
4 Letter From the President.

President Cleveland, in response to the
CIRCULAR letter sent out by Tx Gov. Dorshe.
inner, suggesting subscriptions toward tho
Hrnht monument fund, writes lis follows:
Hon: Mr.. Dorshcimcr-My Dear Sir: lam
very glad that you mean to take this plan of
raising money by small subscriptions from
the people for the Grant monument. Ger.
tainly too much capnot be done In that
direction and cannot but think our citi
zens generally will be pleased to give tan.
gible proof, which this opportunity will
offer OF the sincerity OF their admiration of
Americas greatest general. have already
made contribution for the object you
have in view, but gladly inclose as Il sub.
scription to your fund $40. which under.
stand IS the maximum amount expected
OF any single contributor.
lS'snedJ GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Protests Against Exorbitant Frelsht Rates.

Several petitions have been presented to
the Minnesota railroad commission agent,
exorbitant freight charges the first OF these
was filed by Senator f. NJ. Pope of Man
kato and was from the Business Mems As
ISOLATION Of Minnesota. The second
was filed by w. H. Kelly oil
Owatonna Tor the Boards of Trade
Union of Owatolina, Faribault; Dundas;
Northfield and Pennington.
The Owatonnas protest that theAfilwau:
kee corporation liz and has been charging
from eight to ten times as much per ton
per mile for carrying wheat from said cit
les and towns to St. Paul as is charged for
carrying wheat from St. Paul to Chicago.
Senator Pope's petition is based on
complaints against excessive freight charg-
es on the general local tariffs.
Railroad Commissioner Gibbs said OF
these petitions:
The commission has received two OF
these, but, under the law, before consider
ing them must send copies to the Milwau-
kee road and give it twenty days in which,
to prepare for hearing. This will be
done. After that time has elapsed
the hearing will be had. The bottom fact
in the railroad business OF this state is tina =
in ST. Paul and Minneapolis is one city
800, 900 population. The railroads must
recognize that they have become q great
trade center, and rates into St. Paul must
be the same per ton per mile as out of St.
Paul. There is no reason why n railroad
should charge more from Albert Lea to
Waseca than it does from Waseca to Al
bert Lea. The city and county are united
on this issue. The railroad theory that
we must pay tribute to Chicago must be
abandoned. The trade center is here:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09
Congressman Springer o. Division and Alnis.

sloa.
. Interview In Washington: Il have never
been opposed to the admission Of Dakota
90 q state, having always been satisfied
that she had the requisite population and
that her financial and business conditions
were satisfactory. The outcry:. that has
been made against me has drowned the
distractions which made in the question
a. 1t appeared before congress, and have
ta's interests in a blind and big
oted fashion. What was re.
ally opposed to was the division OF the
state. and not its admission. The matter
OF q division on the forty.sixth parallel
or tho forty-seventh standard parallel. or
any other line OF that kind is nonscnsical
and purely Without logic, and the whole
thing was based upon a jealous feeling ex-
listing between North and South Dakota
1t had no relation to the question OF ad-
mission whatever. 1t was cemented to it
and always thrust forward with it in a
way that would not allow even the friends
OF the state a division OF that question.
II the territory is, as has been repeatedly
stated by South Dakotians, too large for
single state, my plan is to
DIVIDE TIE TERRITORY.
by the Missouri river into two parts, or
on some other north and south line. This
would throw the unpopula;e led counties
and the great Sioux reservation together
and leave tie wcll-settled parts of the ter
ritory to become one state. When Dako-
ia asks for admis sion in this way she will
not be refused it: She will really have the
first consideration at the next congress.
AS far as political questions arc concerned,
! an not inclined to think they had any
particular weight with our party in relus.
ing this request OF Dakota. The way in
which she came forward and demanded
not only admission but the setting off for
this proposed state OF the best part of the
territory, and leaving the northern portion
out, without consulting with this section
in any way whatever, did not recommend
itself to lis as the best way of doing things
1t raised antagonisms to begin with, and
when WI began to consider this question
and refuse to make this division, and to
acknowledge the pseudo state already cs-
tablished and ut once admit it before any
authorized action of the people, with it's
two senator's and two members into this
last congress, concluded that it was Il lit
tie too much, and, OF course, were imme.
diately charged with partisanism. think
you may safely say that Dakota will have
statehood granted her at the first session
OF the Fiftieth congress-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

The governor of Massachusetts has
signed the Employers Liability Bill,
and on September l it becomes an
integral part of the law of that com.
monwealth. By the terms OF the bill
every employee who, in the exercise OF
due care and diligence, is injured by
the negligence OF fellow servant exer-
clsing experimenting authority as
part OF his duty, may recover OF the
employer or corporation just the same
us if he 1.-THE injured PERSON. had not
been in the service OF such employer
or corporation. But no damages
greater than the sum of $4,000 can
be recovered, nor shall the act apply
to domestic servants or farm laborers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

Some OF the eastern states. especial.
ly OF New England, have suffered very
hurtful drouths, and in the northeast
there were serious apprehensions OF
injury to the crops. But at the west
copious rains have given much encour-
accment to the farmers. Should these
impulses OF growth continue, fair aver
age crops may be expected. The area
of the wheat is so immense that agen-
era' drouth is not likely to prevail.
When we hear of drouth in one place,
there are oft en- simultaneous reports
OF heavy rains in another.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

This Is an off yearin politics. Near.
~ all the states are holding off and
saving their political sinews for the
great contest of next year. The most
important election of 1887 will be
held ia New York next fall. 1t is only
Tor the choice of legislature and
state officers below lieutenant-gover-
nor. The actual result of the election
will not, therefore, have any consider:
able influence on the country at large,
but it will be warmly contested be-
cause OF what it will signify concerning
the probabilities of 1888.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-09

An English statistician has found
out that amongevery 1000 bachelors
there are 80 criminals, while among
the married men the ratio is only IS
III 900. The women allece that this
not only shows that women are twice
rs good as men, but that they are able
to make men twice as good as they
would otherwise be. There is some
truth in the statement, but there are
great many sad doings of the men
which the newspapers chronicle with
the remark-"there was q woman in
the case"